Safety-razor.



W. A. SOMERS.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. 1908.

1,134,706. Patented Apr.6,1915i lUNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM-A. soMEns, or' NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

, Specicationvof Letters Patent. i Patented pl. 6, 1915.

Application filedv March 2, 1908. `Serial No. 418,728.

T0 all/whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM-A. SoMERs, a citizen of the United States,and residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful .Safety-Razor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in safety razors and consists inthe features -of construction hereinafterv described and claimed. l i

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 isa perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2 a` detail of the bladedetached fromthe holder; Fig. V3 a planview of the holder with the bladeremoved; Fig. 4 a longitudinal section of the holder and blade in place;Fig. 5 a cross-section of the same on In the'drawings A represents myinven- Fig. 4, the resiliency of the blade holding it in place.

What I claim is: j 1. A safety razor having anconcavesheet metalblade-holding part, inwardly extending, medially arranged,longitudinally positioned tongues, struck out from the body of saidholder on the concave side thereof,

nadapted to engage with correspondingopenings of a'resilient blade, andan integral handle forming` a longitudinal entension of saidblade-holding part.

2. A safety razor comprising in combi- 'fnation a concave sheet-metalblade holder provided with serrated edges, inwardly pro- -jectingtongues struckA out from thebody of the holder on the concave sideIthereof along its medial line and having their ends bent over in thesame `direction to extend longitudinally of and parallel with the facevof theholder, and a resilient double-edged blade fitted tosaid holderand having open` ings therethrough adapted to 'cause en gagement withsaid tongues by longitudinal movement upon the blade of said holder.

3. A safety razor comprising in combination a concave sheet metal bladeholder provided with serrated edges,hookedshaped tongues-struck out fromthe body of the holder on`its medial line on the concave side thereof,the surface of said projections adjacent said holder lying within theplane ,of the longitudinal edges of -said holder whereby a resilientbladecarried by said holder between said projections and the concaveface thereof will be'maintained in concave configuration and held inplace'by its own resiliency, and a handle portion formed of an integrallongitudinal extenthereto by a weakened portion, whereby the handle maybe bent to any desired angle relative to the blade-holding part.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at the city of New York,this 11 day of February. 1908. WILLIAM A. SOMERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. PYPER, T. D. MERWIN.

sion ofv said blade holder and connected

